Improvement in barrels



D. F. BOWKER.

BARREL'S.

No. 181,241. Patented Aug. 22, 18761 U NITED STATES PATENT DFFIGE.

DANIELE. BOWKER, OF FITZWILLIAM, ASSIGNOR TO STEPHEN D. OSBOR AND J OHNA. WRIGHT, OF KEENE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

IMPROVEMENT lN BARRELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,241, dated August22,1876; application filed 7 July 27, 1876.

i To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, DANIEL F. BOWICER, of Fitzwilliam, in the county ofCheshire and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Barrels; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification. 1

The object of my invention is to render the joints of barrels, kegs,wooden oil-cans, and similar packages perfectly tight, and capable ofresisting the pressure of liquids, paints and oils of all kinds, muchlonger and more efficiently than the ordinary barrels and cans now inuse; also, to obviate the liability to warping and consequent opening ofthe joints from atmospheric changes; and it consists in securing awooden or metal strip or cleat over the inner side of the ordinarytongue-andgroove joint of a barrel or can, as hereinafter more fullydescribed.

1n the drawings, Figure 1 is a-view of a can or pail embodying myinvention and Fig. 2 is an end view of two staves united by atongue-and-groove joint, andfurther secured by a cleat on the inner sideof the joint.

A represents a barrel-stave, which is madeneled longitudinallypn itsinner side, near the edges, for the reception of the tongues b b of thecleat O. This cleat varies in width and thickness according to therelative size of the stave to which it is applied, and is channeledthrough the center, so as to form tongues on the inner side of eachedge, by means of which it is secured over the joint, the tongues b bentering the longitudinal'grooves on the inner side of the adjacentstaves, and holding them firmly together.

Various adhesive compounds capable of resisting the action of liquidsand oils may be used, if desired, for the purpose of obtaining furthersecurity and uniting the cleats firmly to the barrel or can.

It is obvious thata cleat, made as described, may also be usefullyemployed in securing the joints of wooden boxes and other packages.

I claim as my invention The cleat '0, provided with the tongues b b, lin combination with the channeled staves of a barrel, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature this 22d dayof July, 1876, in presence of two witnesses.

DAN. F. BOWKER.

Witnesses: v

EDWARD P. DOLE, W. H. LEWIs.

